metropolitan areas bold, for the other places the metropolitan area and the city are identical
| no. | name | calculation 2013 | latitude | longitude | country | name variants |
|---|
| 1 | Istanbul | 15 733 812 | | | Turkey | |
| 2 | Moskva | 15 105 229 | | | Russia | |
| 3 | London | 13 857 155 | | | United Kingdom | |
| 4 | Paris | 12 138 306 | | | France | |
| 5 | Rhein-Ruhr | 11 933 712 | | | Germany | |
| 6 | Randstad | 6 644 887 | | | Netherlands | |
| 7 | Madrid | 6 607 269 | | | Spain | |
| 8 | Manchester-Liverpool | 5 659 815 | | | United Kingdom | |
| 9 | Berlin | 5 569 912 | | | Germany | |
| 10 | Barcelona | 5 107 415 | | | Spain | |
| 11 | Sankt-Peterburg | 4 683 745 | | | Russia | |
| 12 | Milano | 4 475 994 | | | Italy | |
| 13 | Rhein-Main | 4 415 752 | | | Germany | |
| 14 | Roma | 4 264 595 | | | Vatican City | |
| 15 | Birmingham | 4 052 402 | | | United Kingdom | |
| 16 | Napoli | 3 942 724 | | | Italy | |
| 17 | Athínai | 3 938 517 | | | Greece | |
| 18 | Hamburg | 3 273 084 | | | Germany | |
| 19 | Kyyiv | 2 948 237 | | | Ukraine | |
| 20 | Rhein-Neckar | 2 700 230 | | | Germany | |
| 21 | Lisboa | 2 570 249 | | | Portugal | |
| 22 | Budapest | 2 518 180 | | | Hungary | |
| 23 | Katowice | 2 505 348 | | | Poland | |
| 24 | København-Malmö | 2 415 226 | | | Denmark | |
| 25 | Stuttgart | 2 337 165 | | | Germany | |
| 26 | München | 2 305 910 | | | Germany | |
| 27 | Alma | 2 301 542 | | | Germany | |
| 28 | Warszawa | 2 275 189 | | | Poland | |
| 29 | Brussel | 2 253 085 | | | Belgium | |
| 30 | Wien | 2 156 168 | | | Austria | |
| 31 | Leeds | 2 153 489 | | | United Kingdom | |
| 32 | Bucuresti | 2 117 768 | | | Romania | |
| 33 | Lille-Kortrijk | 2 001 387 | | | France | |
| 34 | Minsk | 1 891 190 | 53.91°N | 27.55°E | Belarus | Mensk |
| 35 | Lyon | 1 879 528 | | | France | |
| 36 | Stockholm | 1 813 846 | | | Sweden | |
| 37 | Beograd | 1 810 235 | | | Serbia | |
| 38 | Nižnij Novgorod | 1 754 782 | | | Russia | |
| 39 | Torino | 1 735 117 | | | Italy | |
| 40 | Saarbrücken-Forbach | 1 699 895 | | | Germany | |
| 41 | Douai-Lens-Béthune-Valenciennes | 1 684 969 | | | France | |
| 42 | Marseille | 1 679 234 | | | France | |
| 43 | Bremen | 1 617 733 | | | Germany | |
| 44 | Glasgow | 1 616 755 | | | United Kingdom | |
| 45 | Donets'k | 1 579 653 | | | Ukraine | |
| 46 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 1 566 660 | | | United Kingdom | |
| 47 | Kharkiv | 1 548 834 | | | Ukraine | |
| 48 | Bielefeld | 1 454 895 | | | Germany | |
| 49 | Volgograd | 1 448 576 | | | Russia | |
| 50 | Samara | 1 447 009 | | | Russia | |
| 51 | Praha | 1 417 618 | | | Czech Republic | |
| 52 | Sevilla | 1 387 530 | | | Spain | |
| 53 | Valencia | 1 386 355 | | | Spain | |
| 54 | Portsmouth-Southampton | 1 380 854 | | | United Kingdom | |
| 55 | Rostov-na-Donu | 1 366 539 | | | Russia | |
| 56 | Dnipropetrovs'k | 1 363 870 | | | Ukraine | |
| 57 | Halle-Leipzig | 1 355 564 | | | Germany | |
| 58 | Porto | 1 350 080 | | | Portugal | |
| 59 | Sheffield | 1 335 765 | | | United Kingdom | |
| 60 | Nürnberg | 1 324 479 | | | Germany | |
| 61 | Helsinki | 1 322 696 | | | Finland | |
| 62 | Chemnitz-Zwickau | 1 237 802 | | | Germany | |
| 63 | Hannover | 1 237 535 | | | Germany | |
| 64 | København | 1 235 152 | 55.67°N | 12.58°E | Denmark | |
| 65 | Toulouse | 1 233 957 | | | France | |
| 66 | Sofija | 1 203 822 | | | Bulgaria | |
| 67 | Nottingham | 1 193 669 | | | United Kingdom | |
| 68 | Kazan | 1 169 156 | 55.75°N | 49.13°E | Russia | Kuzon, Kazan' |
| 69 | Antwerpen | 1 166 257 | | | Belgium | |
| 70 | Bilbao | 1 157 805 | | | Spain | |
| 71 | Nice | 1 120 513 | | | France | |
| 72 | Odesa | 1 104 756 | | | Ukraine | |
| 73 | Zürich | 1 095 637 | | | Switzerland | |
| 74 | Belgrade | 1 092 917 | 44.83°N | 20.50°E | Serbia | Beograd, Belgrad, Belgrado |
| 75 | Dresden | 1 088 286 | | | Germany | |
| 76 | Dublin | 1 083 118 | 53.33°N | 6.25°W | Ireland | Baile Atha Cliath, Duibhlinn, Eblana, Dulyn |
| 77 | Ufa | 1 076 433 | 54.78°N | 56.04°E | Russia | Öfö |
| 78 | Bordeaux | 1 054 280 | | | France | |
| 79 | Saratov | 1 044 353 | | | Russia | |
| 80 | Palermo | 1 035 126 | | | Italy | |
| 81 | Thessaloníki | 1 029 612 | | | Greece | |
| 82 | Málaga | 979 606 | | | Spain | |
| 83 | Lódz | 968 922 | | | Poland | |
| 84 | Bristol | 960 916 | | | United Kingdom | |
| 85 | Oslo | 945 790 | 59.91°N | 10.75°E | Norway | Ušlu, Christiania, Kristiania |
| 86 | Perm | 940 180 | | | Russia | |
| 87 | Voronež | 939 140 | | | Russia | |
| 88 | Catania | 887 877 | | | Italy | |
| 89 | Firenze | 875 139 | | | Italy | |
| 90 | Gdansk | 864 910 | | | Poland | |
| 91 | Nantes | 858 542 | | | France | |
| 92 | Krasnodar | 855 229 | | | Russia | |
| 93 | Göteborg | 832 423 | | | Sweden | |
| 94 | Kraków | 798 170 | | | Poland | |
| 95 | Belfast | 791 704 | | | United Kingdom | |
| 96 | Zaporizhzhya | 772 214 | 47.85°N | 35.17°E | Ukraine | Zaporožje, Zaporozhye, Zaporizhzhia, Aleksandrovsk |
| 97 | Cardiff | 769 873 | | | United Kingdom | |
| 98 | Riga | 754 815 | | | Latvia | |
| 99 | Edinburgh | 751 345 | | | United Kingdom | |
| 100 | Strasbourg-Kehl | 750 987 | | | France | |
| 101 | Kryvyy Rih | 743 120 | 47.92°N | 33.35°E | Ukraine | Kryvyi Rih, Krivoy Rog, Krivoj Rog, Krivoi Rog |
| 102 | Toljatti | 733 795 | | | Russia | |
| 103 | Teesside | 732 774 | | | United Kingdom | |
| 104 | L'viv | 731 895 | 49.83°N | 24.00°E | Ukraine | Lvov, Lemberg, Lviv, Lwów, Lvuv, Lemberik |
| 105 | Zaragoza | 729 897 | | | Spain | |
| 106 | Ostrava | 727 338 | | | Czech Republic | |
| 107 | Genova | 694 573 | | | Italy | |
| 108 | Zagreb | 684 955 | 45.80°N | 15.97°E | Croatia | Agram, Zágráb |
| 109 | Las Palmas | 684 352 | | | Spain | |
| 110 | Murcia | 678 470 | | | Spain | |
| 111 | Brighton | 665 312 | | | United Kingdom | |
| 112 | Karlsruhe | 662 209 | | | Germany | |
| 113 | Chisinau | 653 894 | | | Moldova | |
| 114 | Rennes | 647 421 | | | France | |
| 115 | Toulon | 645 017 | | | France | |
| 116 | Skopje | 642 957 | | | Macedonia | |
| 117 | Izhevsk | 629 933 | 56.85°N | 53.23°E | Russia | Iževsk, Ustinov, Iž, Ižkar, Zavod |
| 118 | Poznan | 629 748 | | | Poland | |
| 119 | Wrocław | 626 379 | 51.11°N | 17.03°E | Poland | Breslau, Bresloy, Bresle |
| 120 | Uljanovsk | 626 063 | | | Russia | |
| 121 | Leicester | 624 896 | | | United Kingdom | |
| 122 | Genève | 618 036 | | | France | |
| 123 | Tirana | 606 634 | 41.33°N | 19.82°E | Albania | Tiranë |
| 124 | Kramators'k | 602 247 | | | Ukraine | |
| 125 | Tula | 601 852 | | | Russia | |
| 126 | Čeboksary | 596 958 | | | Russia | |
| 127 | Yaroslavl | 596 132 | 57.62°N | 39.87°E | Russia | Jaroslavl, Yaroslavl', Jaroslavl' |
| 128 | Montpellier | 593 289 | | | France | |
| 129 | Lipeck | 592 116 | | | Russia | |
| 130 | Palma | 589 480 | | | Spain | |
| 131 | Basel | 588 312 | | | France | |
| 132 | Grenoble | 584 784 | | | France | |
| 133 | Bologna | 583 277 | | | Italy | |
| 134 | Makhachkala | 577 594 | 42.98°N | 47.50°E | Russia | Mahačkala, Maxačqala, Mahačqala, Petrovsk-Port |
| 135 | Orenburg | 566 039 | | | Russia | |
| 136 | Rouen | 561 084 | | | France | |
| 137 | Vilnius | 539 202 | 54.70°N | 25.27°E | Lithuania | Wilna, Wilno, Vilna, Ullušahar, Vilne |
| 138 | Stakhanov-Alchevs'k | 531 307 | | | Ukraine | |
| 139 | Luhans'k | 530 721 | | | Ukraine | |
| 140 | Astrakhan | 527 617 | 46.35°N | 48.05°E | Russia | Astrahan, Äädrhn, Astrakhan', Astrahan' |
| 141 | Ryazan | 526 219 | 54.62°N | 39.74°E | Russia | Rjazan, Ryazan', Rjazan' |
| 142 | Naberezhnyye Chelny | 517 994 | 55.69°N | 52.32°E | Russia | Naberežnyje Čelny, Yarchally, Tupal Caldy, Brežnev, Brezhnev, Naberezhnye Chelny, Naberežnye Čelny |
| 143 | Penza | 516 166 | | | Russia | |
| 144 | Castelló | 508 319 | | | Spain | |
| 145 | Mykolayiv | 504 659 | 46.97°N | 32.00°E | Ukraine | Nikolajev, Nikolayev, Mikolaiv, Nikolaïev, Nikolaev |
| 146 | Szczecin | 503 323 | | | Poland | |
| 147 | Homel' | 491 578 | 52.43°N | 30.99°E | Belarus | Gomel, Homyel, Gomel', Homiel, Homjel', Homel |
| 148 | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 490 725 | | | Spain | |
| 149 | s-Gravenhage | 488 320 | 52.07°N | 4.30°E | Netherlands | |
| 150 | Horlivka | 482 730 | | | Ukraine | |
| 151 | Kirov | 480 618 | | | Russia | |
| 152 | Brjansk | 469 838 | | | Russia | |
| 153 | Mariupol' | 468 509 | 47.10°N | 37.55°E | Ukraine | Zhdanov, Ždanov, Marioupol, Mariupol |
| 154 | Tarragona | 457 915 | | | Spain | |
| 155 | Granada | 457 808 | | | Spain | |
| 156 | Coventry | 457 063 | | | United Kingdom | |
| 157 | Oviedo | 450 120 | | | Spain | |
| 158 | Kaliningrad | 434 222 | 54.71°N | 20.50°E | Russia | Königsberg, Karaliaucius, Tvangstë, Tvangystë |
| 159 | Kursk | 426 383 | 51.73°N | 36.19°E | Russia | |
| 160 | Bratislava | 420 463 | 48.16°N | 17.13°E | Slovakia | Preßburg, Pozsony |
| 161 | Donostia | 418 827 | | | Spain | |
| 162 | Vigo | 411 699 | | | Spain | |
| 163 | Cádiz | 411 564 | | | Spain | |
| 164 | Ivanovo | 408 443 | 57.01°N | 40.99°E | Russia | |
| 165 | Tver | 407 976 | 56.86°N | 35.89°E | Russia | Kalinin, Tver' |
| 166 | Stavropol | 407 916 | 45.04°N | 41.97°E | Russia | Sarpulj, Stavropol' |
| 167 | Tallinn | 388 166 | 59.44°N | 24.74°E | Estonia | Reval, Revel |
| 168 | A Coruña | 381 702 | | | Spain | |
| 169 | Valladolid | 379 089 | | | Spain | |
| 170 | Belgorod | 370 556 | 50.61°N | 36.59°E | Russia | |
| 171 | Brno | 369 984 | 49.20°N | 16.61°E | Czech Republic | Brünn |
| 172 | Sochi | 367 799 | 43.60°N | 39.73°E | Russia | Soči |
| 173 | Vinnytsya | 367 532 | 49.23°N | 28.48°E | Ukraine | |
| 174 | Mahiljoŭ | 362 917 | 53.90°N | 30.33°E | Belarus | Mahilëŭ, Mahiljov, Mahilëv, Mogilëv, Mogil'ov, Mogilov, Mogilev, Mahilyov, Mogiliov, Mahiljow, Mahiloŭ, Магілёү, Mahiljou |
| 175 | Vicebsk | 356 769 | 55.19°N | 30.18°E | Belarus | Vicjebsk, Vitsyebsk, Vitebsk, Viciebsk |
| 176 | Plovdiv | 351 175 | 42.15°N | 24.75°E | Bulgaria | Philippopol, Filippopol, Filibe, Eumolpias |
| 177 | Arkhangelsk | 349 486 | 64.57°N | 40.53°E | Russia | Arhangelsk, Arkhangel'sk, Arhangel'sk |
| 178 | Bydgoszcz | 349 220 | 53.12°N | 18.01°E | Poland | Bromberg |
| 179 | Lublin | 346 183 | 51.24°N | 22.57°E | Poland | Ljublin, Lyublin |
| 180 | Vladimir | 346 152 | 56.14°N | 40.40°E | Russia | |
| 181 | Hrodna | 343 386 | 53.67°N | 23.83°E | Belarus | Grodno, Horadnia, Hrodno, Gardinas |
| 182 | Simferopol' | 339 613 | 44.95°N | 34.10°E | Ukraine | Simferopol, Akmescid |
| 183 | Lysychans'k | 339 362 | | | Ukraine | |
| 184 | Kaunas | 336 083 | 54.90°N | 23.91°E | Lithuania | Kovno, Kovne, Kowno, Kauen |
| 185 | Sevastopol' | 335 489 | 44.60°N | 33.53°E | Ukraine | Sevastopol, Sebastopol, Akyar |
| 186 | Varna | 332 532 | 43.21°N | 27.90°E | Bulgaria | Stalin |
| 187 | Córdoba | 331 778 | 37.88°N | 4.77°W | Spain | Cordova, Cordoue |
| 188 | Smolensk | 331 098 | 54.78°N | 32.04°E | Russia | |
| 189 | Kaluga | 326 925 | 54.54°N | 36.27°E | Russia | |
| 190 | Kurgan | 325 245 | 55.45°N | 65.33°E | Russia | |
| 191 | Pamplona | 323 989 | | | Spain | |
| 192 | Kassel | 323 186 | | | Germany | |
| 193 | Brèst | 321 736 | 52.12°N | 23.68°E | Belarus | Bierascie, Brest-Litovsk, Brześć nad Bugiem, Brześć-Litewski, Brisk, Brest |
| 194 | Oryol | 319 362 | 52.97°N | 36.08°E | Russia | Orjol, Orël |
| 195 | Cherepovets | 315 537 | 59.13°N | 37.90°E | Russia | Čerepovec |
| 196 | Vladikavkaz | 309 309 | 43.04°N | 44.68°E | Russia | Ordzhonikidze, Ordžonikidze, Burithe, Dzäudžyqäu, Dzaudzikau |
| 197 | Vologda | 305 433 | 59.22°N | 39.90°E | Russia | |
| 198 | Kherson | 304 418 | 46.63°N | 32.60°E | Ukraine | Herson, Cherson, Khersan |
| 199 | Murmansk | 303 390 | 68.96°N | 33.08°E | Russia | Muurmanski |
| 200 | Bari | 300 208 | 41.12°N | 16.87°E | Italy | Bari delle Puglie |
| 201 | Poltava | 299 360 | 49.58°N | 34.57°E | Ukraine | |
| 202 | Białystok | 299 351 | 53.14°N | 23.16°E | Poland | Bjałystok, Belostok |
| 203 | Sarajevo | 299 041 | 43.85°N | 18.38°E | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 204 | Saransk | 297 926 | 54.18°N | 45.18°E | Russia | Saranoš, Saranosh |
| 205 | Chernihiv | 297 796 | 51.50°N | 31.30°E | Ukraine | Černigov, Chernigov |
| 206 | Gijón | 295 917 | | | Spain | |
| 207 | Craiova | 295 091 | 44.33°N | 23.82°E | Romania | Bariera Vâlcei, Bariera Vîlcii |
| 208 | Cluj-Napoca | 293 529 | 46.78°N | 23.59°E | Romania | Klausenburg, Cluj, Kolozsvár, Kolozsvar |
| 209 | Cherkasy | 293 208 | 49.43°N | 32.07°E | Ukraine | Cherkassy, Čerkassy |
| 210 | Galaţi | 292 728 | 45.44°N | 28.04°E | Romania | Galatz |
| 211 | Constanţa | 290 838 | 44.18°N | 28.63°E | Romania | Konstanza, Custantsa, Konstanca, Küstendje, Küstenja, Constantiana, Tomi, Tomis, Küstence, Kuestendje, Kustendje, Kuestenja, Kustenja, Kuestence, Kustence |
| 212 | Münster | 287 950 | 51.96°N | 7.62°E | Germany | Münster in Westfalen |
| 213 | Tambov | 280 823 | 52.73°N | 41.43°E | Russia | |
| 214 | Groznyy | 278 125 | 43.31°N | 45.70°E | Russia | Groznyj, Džoxar Gala, Dzokhar Gala, Sölž Gala, Jahargala, Džahargala |
| 215 | Iaşi | 276 594 | 47.17°N | 27.57°E | Romania | Jassy, Yassy, Jasch, Jassi, Yas, Jas |
| 216 | Timişoara | 275 077 | 45.76°N | 21.23°E | Romania | Temesvár, Temeschburg, Temisvar, Temeschwar, Temesvar |
| 217 | Sterlitamak | 274 882 | 53.63°N | 55.95°E | Russia | Stärletamaq |
| 218 | Kingston upon Hull | 272 903 | 53.75°N | 0.36°W | United Kingdom | Hull |
| 219 | Braşov | 272 280 | 45.66°N | 25.61°E | Romania | Stalin, Brassó, Kronstadt, Brashov, Orashul Stalin, Brasso, Orasul Stalin |
